Launchpad for Azure, Minecraft, security updates, and more!

Azure launchpad, new version of PrestaShop, freebies for AWS customers, and more. March 2014 Bitnami Launchpad for Azure... it's a whole new game Free stuff for startups... courtesy of AWS Activate Meet Bill Appleton, CEO at DreamFactory Minecraft... it's here!   Introducing Launchpad for Azure It's a whole new game for Windows Azure users. We're excited to announce the Bitnami Launchpad for Windows Azure, the easiest way to launch an Azure server with all the Bitnami apps and developer stacks. Try the Launchpad now for free to see for yourself how easy it is to run apps in the cloud. Read More     Freebies for Startups from AWS As the largest provider of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) in the world, we're happy to announce our support for the AWS Activate program with our own special offer: free Bitnami Cloud Hosting. If you're a startup and you're thinking about AWS, then check out Activate. Read more The DreamFactory Interview We spoke with DreamFactory CEO, Bill Appleton, about mobile app development, rich data apps, why REST is eating the world, and more. This is part of our ongoing series of interviews to highlight the people behind the apps in the Bitnami library. Read more   New PHP and MySQL PHP 5.6alpha3 & MySQL 5.6 are now available and have been built into our WAMP, MAMP, and LAMP stacks. The stacks allow you to setup instant PHP development and testing environments locally in your desktop or in the cloud. Read More PrestaShop 1.6 Redesigned and responsive, and with dozens of new features, this is a big release for the ecommerce platform. With an updated and modern design, PrestaShop 1.6 can be deployed in just a few minutes with Bitnami. Read More Beetailer Add-on Meet Beetailer, our newest add-on — a social platform that helps retailers to integrate their Magento or PrestaShop ecommerce platforms with Facebook, and in other social networks including Twitter and Pinterest. Read More     CraftBukkit Minecraft is Here If you are a Minecraft player, you are in luck! We are happy to announce that CraftBukkit Minecraft is now available on Bitnami! Yes, Minecraft is a bit of a departure for us, but the avid Minecraft gamers here were pining for it. Surely if we wanted it, at least one other gamer would! Read More   Joomla! Security Update The Joomla! project has just released two new versions that fix multiple XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Update your site today. Read more Alfresco Security Update Alfresco 4.2.f includes a number of fixes for security-related issues. We strongly recommend you update Alfresco today. Read more   Updates Updated MediaWiki 1.22.4-0 The extremely powerful, scalable, and feature-rich wiki has been updated. Upgrade   Updated Jenkins 1.555-0 Get the update for Jenkins, an open source continuous integration server. Upgrade   Updated Moodle 2.6.2-0 Moodle offers course management to help educators create effective online learning communities. Upgrade   Updated Node.js 0.10.26-0 Build fast, scalable network applications with Node.js. Upgrade   Vote! Vote for the Next New Bitnami App Every vote counts in our monthly contest. Check out the leaders this month and vote!   This newsletter was sent by the muy simpatica people at BitRock Inc., makers of Bitnami. We're at 650 Mission Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA Want to be removed from the newsletter? No problem, unsubscribe and we won't bug you again.